NAME

ktrans - language transliterator

SYNOPSIS

ktrans

DESCRIPTION

The ktrans program is usually installed as a layer over /dev/keyboard using pipefile(1). It transliterates typed letter sequences into characters in languages that do not use the Latin character set.

Currently only English to Tamil transliteration is supported, based on the mapping defined by Anjal, a phonetic keyboard for Tamil. The transliterated characters are encoded in TUNE. Typing ctl-K toggles between Tamil and the default English mode.

EXAMPLE

To install ktrans between /dev/keyboard and acme(1): 
	pipefile -r ktrans /dev/keyboard
	acme -f /fonts/madhavi/unicode.8.font

SOURCE

/appl/cmd/ktrans.b

SEE ALSO

Muthu Nedumaran, Murasu Anjal2000, A Beginner's Guide (pdf; cf. section titled The Anjal Keyboard)
Tamil Unicode New Encoding (TUNE) Code Chart

BUGS

When installed underneath acme(1), ktrans has no notion of acme windows. If the user switches windows after inputting a partial character sequence, unexpected characters may be printed.

KTRANS(1) Rev:  Tue Jun 26 17:47:08 GMT 2007